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Tuesday, 24 February 2015

MILLY ODHIAMBO DARES ODM TO DISCIPLINE HER

Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo has
criticised plans by ODM leadership to discipline members accused of being
disloyal to the party for refusing to back Moses Kajwang’ during the recent
Homa Bay senatorial race. Speaking to The Standard on phone, Millie said she would
not apologise over the allegations. She also faulted plans by the party ‘s
National Chairman John Mbadi to put strategies of taking disciplinary measures
against those who refused to co-operate with the party during campaigns for the
by-election. “I want to tell you that those who are talking about us are
hecklers because I have not committed any offence. I cannot apologise because I
don’t know the reason for the apology, hence they are the ones who should
apologise for the unfounded allegations,” Millie said. The MP warned the odm
officialws against taking disciplinary measures against her and maintained that
she will not allow her colleagues to threaten her. “Let Mbadi go to court and
sue me but I will counter sue him becausethey want to penalise me for what I
don’t understand. Let them understand that I cannot be given a red card by my
fellow players,” Millie said. She warned her fellow legislators over
threatening her and some of her colleagues due to their firm stance in offering
true defence to party leader Raila Odinga. “Some of these MPs came and found us
in ODM and there is nobody among them who has stood firm to defend Raila than
myself. I am warning them against traversing the Homa Bay County to taint
people’s names,” she added. She warned Mbadi against plans to take her to
court, saying she was innocent. “Some of the people who call us ‘moles’ are the
moles number ones because we know their relations with the Jubilee Government,”
she added. The decision to punish the rebels MPs was mooted by Raila during the
burial of former Homa Bay ODM vice chair at the weekend when he told Mbadi to
handle the cases of undisciplined members of the party. However, Millie
maintained that those are just plans which Mbadi wants to use to frustrate
members of ODM, with aim of creating a vacuumbetween Raila and the legislators.
Rangwe MP George Oner and his Ndhiwa counterpart Agostino Netodeclined to
comment. “I cannot comment about the question because everybody knows what I
stood for,” Oner said.